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zexen_lowe on 28 July 2008
Kasz216 said:

I want to see more of LBPs editors myself.. like if they allow for timed events, triggers when you walk somewhere etc... if it doesn't allow event triggers it's a step backwords from a lot of games i've played.

I think I've seen something about triggers, you could set the level so if you walk somewhere a textbox would pop-up to tell you the story, so I think the game will allow every kind of triggers. I'll research a bit more about it.

 

Riachu said:

Yeah they did and it was critically acclaimed.  It was called Skies of Arcadia.  Quite a few SRPGs are rated well.  Final Fantasy Tactics(all of them), Fire Emblem(all of them), Jeanne d'Arc etc.

 

 

Sadly, FFT (the original) was very underrated, I think it holds a lower average than every FF of the main series, when it's better than every one of them

 

 




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Kasz216 on 28 July 2008
Riachu said:
Kasz216 said:
Riachu said:
You guys are setting Valkyria Chronicles a little too low. Especially since previews are saying it is the best RPG that Sega released in a decade or something like that.

Valkyria Chronicles.....88%-90%
Little Big Planet......90%
Socom Confrontation....85%

Have sega released any RPGs in a decade outside of really disapointing "Shining" spinoffs? SRPGS almost never review well.

Yeah they did and it was critically acclaimed. It was called Skies of Arcadia. Quite a few SRPGs are rated well. Final Fantasy Tactics(all of them), Fire Emblem(all of them), Jeanne d'Arc etc.


None of which cracked 90... and Fire Emblem was both good and had a solid brandname behind it I don't believe any SRPG has ranked a 90 or higher. It won't hit a 9... and it will likely be penalized for not being in a series... and for changing the SRPG formula for a number of SRPG freaks who aren't willing to change.



Garcian Smith on 28 July 2008
Kasz216 said:
Also LBP should score really well. It's a "make your own" genre game. Which is a genre you don't see much outside of PC. So everybody should love it.

Games like that everyone loves the first time they play it for the first few days or so in which they rate them.

Then the uncreative and lazy lose interest when they realize they are making the same few levels over and over again without doing anything new... giving way to a small portion of really inventive people who do really great things with it.

I want to see more of LBPs editors myself.. like if they allow for timed events, triggers when you walk somewhere etc... if it doesn't allow event triggers it's a step backwords from a lot of games i've played.

That shouldn't effect reviews at all unless it's from an expert in the genre.

 

Except there doesn't seem to be much "game" behind it. All we've seen so far is some obstacle-jumping and simple physics-based puzzles. Aside from the aforementioned physics, it seems to be less fully-featured than many 16-bit platformers I've played.

I strongly suspect it'll be one of those Doom 3-esque games as per reviews, in that people who play it for a little while will be impressed, while people who play through the entire thing will realize how monotonous and shallow it is.



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Riachu on 28 July 2008
Kasz216 said:
Riachu said:
Kasz216 said:
Riachu said:
You guys are setting Valkyria Chronicles a little too low. Especially since previews are saying it is the best RPG that Sega released in a decade or something like that.

Valkyria Chronicles.....88%-90%
Little Big Planet......90%
Socom Confrontation....85%

Have sega released any RPGs in a decade outside of really disapointing "Shining" spinoffs? SRPGS almost never review well.

Yeah they did and it was critically acclaimed. It was called Skies of Arcadia. Quite a few SRPGs are rated well. Final Fantasy Tactics(all of them), Fire Emblem(all of them), Jeanne d'Arc etc.

 

None of which cracked 90... and Fire Emblem was both good and had a solid brandname behind it I don't believe any SRPG has ranked a 90 or higher. It won't hit a 9... and it will likely be penalized for not being in a series... and for changing the SRPG formula for a number of SRPG freaks who aren't willing to change.

You realize that these SRPG freaks are vocal but they are still a minority and a very small one at that.  I think that since the characters won't be moving on a grid and that you can aim the guns in Valkyria Chronicles, I think some people who generally avoid SRPGs might give this one a chance.

 



 

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Obliterator1700 on 28 July 2008

Resistance 2.....................................93%

SOCOM Confrontation ......................87%

Valkyria Chronicles............................82%

Disgaea 3..........................................82%

Motorstorm: Pacific Rift......................95%

Afrika.................................................84%

LittleBigPlanet...................................95%

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm.............82%

The Agency........................................67%

NBA 09: The Inside............................76%



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Kasz216 on 28 July 2008
Riachu said:
Kasz216 said:
Riachu said:
Kasz216 said:
Riachu said:
You guys are setting Valkyria Chronicles a little too low. Especially since previews are saying it is the best RPG that Sega released in a decade or something like that.

Valkyria Chronicles.....88%-90%
Little Big Planet......90%
Socom Confrontation....85%

Have sega released any RPGs in a decade outside of really disapointing "Shining" spinoffs? SRPGS almost never review well.

Yeah they did and it was critically acclaimed. It was called Skies of Arcadia. Quite a few SRPGs are rated well. Final Fantasy Tactics(all of them), Fire Emblem(all of them), Jeanne d'Arc etc.

None of which cracked 90... and Fire Emblem was both good and had a solid brandname behind it I don't believe any SRPG has ranked a 90 or higher. It won't hit a 9... and it will likely be penalized for not being in a series... and for changing the SRPG formula for a number of SRPG freaks who aren't willing to change.

You realize that these SRPG freaks are vocal but they are still a minority and a very small one at that. I think that since the characters won't be moving on a grid and that you can aim the guns in Valkyria Chronicles, I think some people who generally avoid SRPGs might give this one a chance.


Said people aren't the reviewers however. The review duties will be given to the SRPG guy... a number of which i'm guessing won't like the new direction. (though i think it's great that someone else went with the future tactics style battle system.)



Kasz216 on 28 July 2008
Garcian Smith said:
Kasz216 said:
Also LBP should score really well. It's a "make your own" genre game. Which is a genre you don't see much outside of PC. So everybody should love it.

Games like that everyone loves the first time they play it for the first few days or so in which they rate them.

Then the uncreative and lazy lose interest when they realize they are making the same few levels over and over again without doing anything new... giving way to a small portion of really inventive people who do really great things with it.

I want to see more of LBPs editors myself.. like if they allow for timed events, triggers when you walk somewhere etc... if it doesn't allow event triggers it's a step backwords from a lot of games i've played.

That shouldn't effect reviews at all unless it's from an expert in the genre.

Except there doesn't seem to be much "game" behind it. All we've seen so far is some obstacle-jumping and simple physics-based puzzles. Aside from the aforementioned physics, it seems to be less fully-featured than many 16-bit platformers I've played.

I strongly suspect it'll be one of those Doom 3-esque games as per reviews, in that people who play it for a little while will be impressed, while people who play through the entire thing will realize how monotonous and shallow it is.


Maybe. That's my worry about the game too... though they have show enemies in the most recent trailer... though to what level and extent you can control and make said enemies have yet to be unseen. It does appear to be a cut back platform maker... but it's still the first in it's genre console wise. Most reviewers won't know what they're missing i think...

Riachu on 28 July 2008
Kasz216 said:
Riachu said:
Kasz216 said:
Riachu said:
Kasz216 said:
Riachu said:
You guys are setting Valkyria Chronicles a little too low. Especially since previews are saying it is the best RPG that Sega released in a decade or something like that.

Valkyria Chronicles.....88%-90%
Little Big Planet......90%
Socom Confrontation....85%

Have sega released any RPGs in a decade outside of really disapointing "Shining" spinoffs? SRPGS almost never review well.

Yeah they did and it was critically acclaimed. It was called Skies of Arcadia. Quite a few SRPGs are rated well. Final Fantasy Tactics(all of them), Fire Emblem(all of them), Jeanne d'Arc etc.

 

None of which cracked 90... and Fire Emblem was both good and had a solid brandname behind it I don't believe any SRPG has ranked a 90 or higher. It won't hit a 9... and it will likely be penalized for not being in a series... and for changing the SRPG formula for a number of SRPG freaks who aren't willing to change.

You realize that these SRPG freaks are vocal but they are still a minority and a very small one at that. I think that since the characters won't be moving on a grid and that you can aim the guns in Valkyria Chronicles, I think some people who generally avoid SRPGs might give this one a chance.

 

Said people aren't the reviewers however. The review duties will be given to the SRPG guy... a number of which i'm guessing won't like the new direction. (though i think it's great that someone else went with the future tactics style battle system.)

Or maybe those same SRPG freaks will praise VC for it's differing game mechanics that make for a more unique experience

 



 

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ameratsu on 28 July 2008

@Garcian Smith

I get your viewpoint on the game, I just don't understand why you think that even if any of that's true that it will translate into anything below 80%. Review scores are inflated to the degree that even a somewhat good game with many flaws should get at minimum 75%. Add the hype this game has been getting and it seems incredibly unlikely that this game will average under 80%. (My guess would be 87%)



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kingofwale on 28 July 2008

Here's what I think IGN will give them, I could care less what small review site has to say about games.

1. Resistance 2: 91

2. Socom: Confrontation: 81

3. Valkyria Chronicles: 80

4. Disgaea 3: 80

5. Motorstorm: Pacific Rift: 84

6. Afrika: 82

7. LittleBigPlanet: 97

8. Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm: 81

9. The Agency: 77

10. NBA 09: The Inside: 75



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